#E9B849#E9B849

#E9B849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.138 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B849
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 6.51, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 61.24, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0131 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.138 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9504, 52.0891, 13.6200)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B849 #497AE9

analogous

#E96849 #E9B849 #CAE949

triadic

#E9B849 #49E9B8 #B849E9

tetradic

#E9B849 #49E968 #497AE9 #E949CA

square

#E9B849 #49E968 #497AE9 #E949CA

split-complementary

#E9B849 #49CAE9 #6849E9

monochromatic

#A47814 #DAA01A #E9B849 #F0CD80 #F6E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E9B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E9B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B849

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B849	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.138 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd81',
    500: '#e9b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b849;
$custom-light: #f4cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B849

secondary

#3054A6

accent

#6EF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B849

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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